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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement (JPA-1-02)to Provide a Linkage with <br /> the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT($): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig N. Benedict, ext. 2592 <br /> • April 17 Joint Planning Public Hearing Minutes Gene Bell, ext. 2589 <br /> • Chapel Hill and Carrboro Resolutions of Adoption <br /> • Text of Proposed Amendments TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> • Resolution of Adoption Hillsborough 732.8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-2700 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane (336) 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Agreement to <br /> provide a linkage with the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement was <br /> developed by a task force over a period of seven years. Task force membership included elected <br /> officials and staff from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and OWASA. The <br /> Board of County Commissioners on December 3, 2001 adopted the agreement in its final form. <br /> The preamble to the agreement states the following purposes: <br /> 1. To provide a comprehensive, County-wide system of service areas for future utility <br /> development and interest areas for dealing with private water and wastewater system <br /> problems in areas without public water and sewer service. <br /> 2. To complement growth management objectives; land use plans and annexation plans in <br /> existing agreements, such as the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Cantoro Joint Planning <br /> Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> 3. To resolve in advance and preclude future conflicts about future service areas and <br /> annexation areas. <br /> 4. To provide for predictable long-range water and sewer capital improvement planning and <br /> financing. <br /> 5. To provide for limitations on water and sewer service in certain areas, as defined. <br /> Linking the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement with the Joint <br /> Planning Agreement is part of an overall strategy to align local government land use decisions with <br /> public water and sewer permitted areas. Accordingly, inconsistent requests for land use <br />